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Historical Kauffman Index Microdata

The historical Kauffman Index microdata file for each year includes more than 650,000 observations for U.S. adults. The variables include entrepreneurship, age, race, gender, immigrant status, education, industry, state of residence, and many additional work, demographic, and geographical characteristics.

Startup Index Data: Rate and Opportunity Share of New Entrepreneurs

Kauffman Index Codebook – Version 7.0


KISA Data Files (CSV)

2015201420132012201120102009200820072006
2005200420032002200120001999199819971996

Aggregated Kauffman Index Data (National, State, and Metropolitan Areas – CSV)

Startup Activity

Main Street Activity

Growth Entrepreneurship